| ATTACKABLE | • attackable adj. Which may be attacked. • ATTACKABLE adj. capable of being attacked. |
| BACKBITTEN | • backbitten v. Past participle of backbite. • back-bitten v. Past participle of back-bite. • BACKBITE v. to speak ill of. |
| BACKFITTED | • backfitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of backfit. • BACKFIT v. to modify later. |
| BACKSTITCH | • backstitch n. (Sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles… • backstitch v. To sew with a backstitch. • BACKSTITCH n. a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. |
| BACKSTREET | • backstreet adj. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents. • backstreet adj. (Figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley. • backstreet n. Alternative spelling of back street. |
| BLACKBUTTS | • blackbutts n. Plural of blackbutt. • BLACKBUTT n. a type of eucalyptus tree. |
| BOTTLENECK | • bottleneck n. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. • bottleneck n. (Figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay. • bottleneck n. (By extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome. |
| BUTTERDOCK | • butterdock n. Butterbur. • BUTTERDOCK n. a wild plant, butterbur. |
| BUTTOCKING | • buttocking n. The cross-buttock throw in wrestling. • BUTTOCK v. in wrestling, to throw by the buttocks. |
| BUTTSTOCKS | • buttstocks n. Plural of buttstock. • BUTTSTOCK n. the stock of a firearm in the rear of the breech mechanism. |
| GUTBUCKETS | • gutbuckets n. Plural of gutbucket. • GUTBUCKET n. a homemade bass fiddle with a single string. |
| HACKBUTTER | • hackbutter n. An arquebusier. • HACKBUTTER n. one who uses a hackbut, also HACKBUTEER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| PICKETBOAT | • picketboat n. Alternative form of picket boat. • picket␣boat n. A small naval craft used for harbor patrol and other close inshore work. • PICKETBOAT n. a craft used (as by the coastguard) for harbour patrol. |
| RUSTBUCKET | • rustbucket n. (Slang) An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck. • rust-bucket n. Alternative form of rustbucket. • rust␣bucket n. Alternative form of rustbucket. |
| THUMBTACKS | • thumbtacks n. Plural of thumbtack. • THUMBTACK v. to fasten with a thumbtack. |
| TREBUCKETS | • trebuckets n. Plural of trebucket. • TREBUCKET n. a medieval siege engine for launching stones, also TREBUCHET. |
| TURTLEBACK | • turtleback n. Anything having the shape of a turtle’s back (that is, its shell). • turtleback n. (Nautical) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly. • turtleback n. (Military, nautical) An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of… |